Market Your Library’s Services and Resources
Being a librarian is a stimulating job. No two days are the same, and no two users have the same needs. The ability to juggle many tasks is paramount. The demands on librarians are significant. They face constant interruption, and shifting between roles and responsibilities, all while keeping a smile on their face or trying to! And then there’s the need to keep abreast of new information technology to meet their users’ changing requirements and expectations, while facing budget cuts and less staff. Need we go on?
7 Ways Law Libraries Save Law Firms Money
Law libraries accommodate all manner of resources, both digital and physical, to help lawyers in their research. More and more, law firms are relying on the internet, online databases, and web-based services for research, but there is still a need for physical publications.
5 Reasons your IT team will love your new library management system
Your IT team are important stakeholders in any new software decision. It’s important they feel confident with the robustness of the technology, security, ease of use, and access to support.
Tips to Succeed as a Solo Librarian – Part 2
Some further tips for you as a solo librarian! You will be fulfilling many functions — tasks that in a much larger library would be undertaken by different departments. There is quite a bit on your plate; on top of that, you are dealing face to face with members of the public and fielding requests, overseeing circulation of resources, and developing library reference collections.
Box Hill Institute’s Students Play with Softlink ICs Liberty Training System
Box Hill Institute (BHI) includes Degree, Diploma, and Certificate IV courses in Library Studies. The Institute uses Softlink IC’s Liberty library management system as a training tool for their students. The resulting practice data amused the Institute’s staff.
How live chat can benefit librarians!
Providing real-time support is an important part of customer service for all companies. The emergence of the live chat feature by library software vendors is making customer support even more effective. It provides their customers with the advantage of access to real-time support without having to wait on the phone, or wait for an email reply to a query.
Tips to Succeed as a Solo Librarian
Being a solo librarian can be difficult. Even experienced librarians find it very challenging to run and manage libraries all by themselves. Those who take on the role require not only the willingness but an understanding of the diverse skills that they will need to acquire to successfully manage the role. After all, many career opportunities nowadays require solo librarians.
The Softlink Scoop – Edition 19/2018
A weekly round up of library and information centre news and opinions from around the world.
It’s a Wrap – Another Successful Liberty User Group Conference
Almost 50 librarians from education, legal, university colleges, industry and government libraries took part in our Melbourne National Liberty User Group Conference and Masterclass in late August with some taking the opportunity to visit the MCC library. They all had a great time and we would again like to thank David Studham and library staff.
Employee Spotlight – Alex Spencer
Based in Softlink’s Australian office, Alex is a part of our Southern Hemisphere support team. We get to know more about Alex in the latest of our Softlink Employee Spotlights.